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Shelton staff proposes simplifying permitted‑uses matrix; council sends ordinance to March 18 for review
Summary
City staff presented an ordinance to replace the city’s long list of specific permitted uses with broader occupancy‑based categories. Council members asked about traffic‑impact fees and Commerce review; the ordinance will go to the March 18 action agenda after a 60‑day Commerce review.
City staff presented a proposed rewrite of Shelton’s permitted‑uses table on Jan. 7 aimed at simplifying a list of roughly 100 enumerated uses into about 20 broader categories tied to building occupancy classifications.
“[W]e were trying to figure out a way to simplify this, in a way that is very business friendly,” the presenter said, describing a process that maps existing uses to occupancy categories and consolidates table notes and references into the appropriate code chapters.
Staff said…
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